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Our son, age 5 has an appointment to see the allergist next week, what should I be expecting?
Not asking in lines of white coat syndrome and preparing son for the visit, he's a trooper when it comes to doctor and specialists visits, he's an old pro.
What type of questions will I be facing, what history should I be prepared to be giving? I have his list of diagnosis printed out and ready to hand them but nothing really on "allergies"
The main reason we are going is not because I have noticed that XY or Z has cuased this specific reaction... it's an overall, he keeps getting sinus stuff, he has dysphagia (swallowing issues) skin reactions... well that's a joke, can't tell on him since his main diagnosis is a skin disorder that makes him bumpy and red (Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
I told his primary when I asked for the referal that the reason was I just wanted to elimanate that allergies are not playing a big role in his other issues, that if I could elimanate something from his diet or environment that was an easier fix than to just treat the symptoms...
I plan on telling the allergist all of this, basically I don't really know why we are here other than to elimanate causes.. is that silly? Am I going to get an open welcome with an introduction from myself like that or how should I be wording things?
Do allergists relay a bunch of what patients are telling them to make a diagnosis or is it pretty cut and dry, they run tests and you get answers.
Anyone strong enough (not pleasant pictures) to look at medical type pictures from the article link above (multimedia, link in box to the right of page, not pictires of my son but - from the top, 2, 7 and 10 are pretty good reprensentations of son during a 'bad skin day') and venture to guess if he will be able to even to a skin prick test and if he can't, are there other options for testing? there are some areas of his skin that are typical, but probably not a whole area the size of a dollar bill that is completly normal, do they actually need a big flat area or could they do some here and there finding good area of skin to work with even if it's on totally different parts of the body? do they have to be done on the back?
Not asking in lines of white coat syndrome and preparing son for the visit, he's a trooper when it comes to doctor and specialists visits, he's an old pro.
What type of questions will I be facing, what history should I be prepared to be giving? I have his list of diagnosis printed out and ready to hand them but nothing really on "allergies"
The main reason we are going is not because I have noticed that XY or Z has cuased this specific reaction... it's an overall, he keeps getting sinus stuff, he has dysphagia (swallowing issues) skin reactions... well that's a joke, can't tell on him since his main diagnosis is a skin disorder that makes him bumpy and red (Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
I told his primary when I asked for the referal that the reason was I just wanted to elimanate that allergies are not playing a big role in his other issues, that if I could elimanate something from his diet or environment that was an easier fix than to just treat the symptoms...
I plan on telling the allergist all of this, basically I don't really know why we are here other than to elimanate causes.. is that silly? Am I going to get an open welcome with an introduction from myself like that or how should I be wording things?
Do allergists relay a bunch of what patients are telling them to make a diagnosis or is it pretty cut and dry, they run tests and you get answers.
Anyone strong enough (not pleasant pictures) to look at medical type pictures from the article link above (multimedia, link in box to the right of page, not pictires of my son but - from the top, 2, 7 and 10 are pretty good reprensentations of son during a 'bad skin day') and venture to guess if he will be able to even to a skin prick test and if he can't, are there other options for testing? there are some areas of his skin that are typical, but probably not a whole area the size of a dollar bill that is completly normal, do they actually need a big flat area or could they do some here and there finding good area of skin to work with even if it's on totally different parts of the body? do they have to be done on the back?
